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Private Life Beckons To Lou Allstadt He Leaves Cooperstown Village Board, But Stays Involved In Public Affairs By JIM KEVLIN COOPERSTOWN

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t’s been my longest job – at the lowest pay,” former Mobil Oil executive vice president Lou Allstadt told his colleagues Monday, Jan. 28, in resigning from the Village Allstadt Board. Resigning, but it doesn’t mean he’s exactly retiring. He’s remaining on the Village Board’s Economic Development Please See ALLSTADT, A7

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Among attendees at the Goodyear Lake Polar Bear Jump Chinese auction Sunday, Jan. 27, at Milford Central, was Ruby Wright, 2, of Worcester, a beneficiary of the 2017 jump. How’s she doing? “Great!” said dad Van. More photos on A3 and

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t’s exploded like, well, a gusher. The Otsego County Chamber of Commerce “Energy Summit” Thursday, Jan. 31, at The Otesaga has expanded from six to nine hours, and will include 19 speakers in an attempt to give everybody a chance to be heard. As this edition went to press, Chamber Executive Barbara Ann Heegan said 155 people had registered. Follow real-time reports throughout the day at

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►MACGUIRE BENTON was nominated for a one-year term on the Cooperstown Village Board at the Democratic Caucus Tuesday, Jan. 29, in the topfloor ballroom at Village Hall. ►A STATE TROOPER was wounded after exchanging gunfire with suspect after a car chase early yesterday evening on Route 17 in the Town of Kirkwood, south of Binghamton. The shooter was killed.

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Oneonta Assistant Fire Chief Jim Maloney (dark classes) enters 189 Main after it was evacuated Monday, Jan. 28, for a second time, by fumes from the former Oneonta Hotel next door. At left, city Code Enforcement Inspector John Hester and Stephen Yearly follow.

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ayor Gary Herzig did not mince words after carbonmonoxide leaks from the former Oneonta Hotel caused the adjacent 189 Main professional offices next door to be evacuated twice The prestigious 189 Main in four days. office building is at left, the “People’s well-being is at risk if Oneonta Hotel, at right.

we delay action any further,” Herzig said. “Not bringing that building up to code is a risk we should not be taking.” On Monday, Jan. 28, a woman was taken by ambulance to Fox Hospital with blue lips and blue fingernails, signs of carbonmonoxide poisoning, after a hot water heater in the basement of 195 Main malfunctioned, pumping C-O gas into the ventilation Please See HOTEL, A7

Knell Sounds On Classical Music Locally By LIBBY CUDMORE

t’s could be the day the music died – classical music, that is – in Otsego County. On Sunday, Feb. 3, Binghamton-based WSKG, which broadcast on 91.7 across much of the county – will convert from classical music and news programming to all-talk, including “Fresh Air” and “Morning Edition”. Please See RADIO, A7

County’s 2nd Solar Farm About To Power On Scott Nyquist, project manager at Laurens’ Solstice solar farm, shows off the extent of the panels in a 13-acre field north of the village.

Panels Will Start Generating In February By JENNIFER HILL LAURENS

oised to open a solar farm in Laurens – Otsego County’s second – Solstice executives say the company wants to make sure that everyone around here can afford solar energy. That includes “people who

need the savings the most,” said Andrew Alayza, marketing director for the international solar-farm developer. Four-hundred local families have already signed up for all the capacity the farm will produce, but Solstice is encouraging people to get on a waiting list for future projects. Solstice, with offices in Chicago, New York and Argen Please See SOLAR, A7

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Jeff Wanke of Oneonta, a popular and helpful manager at Cooperstown’s Price Chopper, wss back on the job Wednesday, Jan. 23 receiving congratulations from wellwishers after a medical leave.

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Ava Brockert, 2, and her mother Kali, Milford, look for prizes to be won at the annual Goodyear Lake Polar Bear Jump’s Chinese auction on Sunday, Jan. 27 at Milford Central School. At right, Polar Bear Jump organizer Jamie Waters mans the ticket booth alongside Devin Kiser, Milford. All the money raised from the auction will go to help this year’s Polar Bear Jump recipients.

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aving lost one of their own – Wade Bostwick, a Milford resident and well-liked security guard who died Saturday, Nov. 24, a victim of carbon-monoxide poison – the Bassett Hospital community is taking steps to prevent it from happening again. Working with Kidde, the fire-safety products manufacturer, the healthcare network has arranged to provide carbon-monoxide detectors free to anyone who might need one, Executive Vice President & COO Ronette Wiley announced.

Department heads will be coordinating distribution in the next few weeks. Since Bostwick’s passing, “we have had a number of patients who have required treatment for this,” said Wiley in a message to employees. “With our bitter cold and snow, this is the time of the year where there is an increased danger.” She pointed out carbon monoxide “is an odorless and colorless gas that can build up indoors and poison people and animals who unknowingly breathe it in. This gas comes from fumes produced when fuel is burned in lanterns, grills, fireplaces, gas ranges, and furnaces.”

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Like So Much Else At Hartwick, 1st Master’s Makes Sense

hile the term may bring art and poetry to mind, “liberal arts” encompasses literature, philosophy, mathematics, social sciences and, yes, physical sciences – chemistry, biology, physics. Hartwick President Margaret L. Drugovich knows this, and knows that her college’s science programs prepare students to compete at the highest level. She knows from personal experience: Her daughter, Liz Kelly, Class of 2012, majored in sociology and minored in biology. That foundation led to a two-year post-graduate fellowship at the National Institutes of Health, part of a team looking for an AIDS vaccine. Then to the University of North Carolina’s epidemiology program. An advanced degree in hand, Liz is now working in a cardiac-research lab. “She’s a living example: A major doesn’t have to limit your career opportunities,” said the proud mom. • HOMETOWN ONEONTA That anecdote underscores: TBRM – the college’s Dr. Drugovich comforts tearful daughter Liz Kelly after first master’s degree is designed to give graduate conferring a Hartwick diploma upon her in 2012.

students the technical and people skills to bring new pharmaceuticals from lab to your local drug store – makes sense for Hartwick College. Authorized by the state Education Department, the TRBM major (for Translational Biomedical Research Management) was announced last week, along with the news that Dr. Alice Ceacareanu, a Ph.D. oncology pharmacist and consultant from Buffalo, will head it. With aging Baby Boomers, Ceacareanu said in an interview, the U.S. is facing multiple “pandemics,” starting with diabetes. And yet it takes 15 years to develop a new drug and another 15 years to get it to market. TRBM is unique to Hartwick (although others may jump in) and cutting edge in conception and implementation. Its majors will be taught on the Hartwick campus and, via the internet, around the nation and world. On-campus faculty will teach courses locally; experts from around the world will teach too, via the Internet. Drugovich’s decade in Oneonta has been boot Please See EDITORIAL, A5

ISSUE & DEBATE Planned Parenthood Hails, Right To Life Decries Passage Of Reproductive Rights Law ►FROM PLANNED PARENTOOD

oday the New York State Legislature moved our state forward with milestone legislation securing our reproductive health care and rights. In the face of constant federal attacks and a new anti-Roe majority on the U.S. Supreme Court, Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Assembly Speaker Carl E. Heastie led their houses in passing legislation keeping essential reproductive health care in our hands, with the Reproductive Health Act, protecting our right to abortion care. We (at Planned Parenthood) applaud the leadership of the legislature, bill sponsors, and Gov. Andrew Cuomo for their commitment to securing our reproductive freedom and rights at the beginning of the 2019

legislative session. As other states roll back abortion rights and access, the RHA enshrines the standard of Roe v. Wade in our state law. With over a decade of advocacy for the RHA, reproductive health care activists statewide are celebrating New York’s refusal to turn back the clock on safe, legal abortion and acknowledgment of the centrality of accessible reproductive health care. “We cannot overstate how important it is for all New Yorkers to have the ability to control their own bodies and determine their own destinies, ” said Robin Chappelle Golston, state Planned Parenthood CEO. “As we continue to face challenges ... on the federal level, it is paramount that New York is the beacon and state model of what reproductive health care should be.”

►FROM NY RIGHT TO LIFE

ew York State Right to Life (NYSRTL) is saddened that New York now has what Governor Andrew Cuomo ironically but rightly referred to as “the most aggressive”abortion law in the country. The Reproductive Health Act (RHA) was sold to the public saying it merely “updates” the law by codifying Roe vs. Wade into our statute, which is not true. RHA has made abortion a “fundamental right” and prohibits all limits on abortion, which Roe vs Wade did not do. Roe referred to a trimester view toward protecting life, whereas RHA has expanded abortion-on-demand in New York past 24 weeks – well past when unborn children

feel pain, are viable, and suffer during the course of an abortion – and up to birth. This is inhumane. While we look forward to the time when Roe vs Wade is overturned, under Roe various limits on abortion have repeatedly been upheld as constitutional and are favored by the majority of the public, including in New York. The Governor routinely calls people of good will concerned with how we treat human life extreme, whereas it’s this new law that is truly extreme. NYSRTL will continue to work to expose the misinformation put forth about RHA, protect children and their mothers, protect the rights of pro-life persons to engage in life-saving activities and express their views, and to build a culture of Life in New York.

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life cycle, it’s more energy intensive to manufacture them. This sets up a kind of decision that’s familiar to business people or households: Should I go for Option A that’s more expensive to buy but cheaper to operate, or Option B that’s cheaper off the shelf but costlier to use? It’s a good question to ask, and most people would then want to know how much cheaper is Option B

To the Editor: In his Jan. 24-25 column, former DEC Commissioner Mike Zagata makes an argument that is theoretically interesting but falls apart when you look at the actual numbers behind it. Zagata compares electric cars to conventional gaspowered vehicles and points out that, while electric cars are responsible for lower carbon emissions during the driving part of their

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to buy, and how much more expensive to operate? Mr. Zagata doesn’t ask that, but instead jumps right to his preferred conclusion: Electric cars are a bad idea. It turns out people have run the numbers, and Mr. Zagata’s claim is wrong. The higher carbon emissions during manufacture are easily made up for, and more, by the lower carbon emissions while driving. And that’s true even if you don’t recycle the battery, so recycling makes the case for the electric car even stronger. And it’s true even if your electricity is from coal. An electric car is 80 percent to 90 percent efficient in terms of turning the

Professor Seeley’s figures are at odds with those of columnist Mike Zagata.

electricity in the battery into the car’s motion. A gasolinepowered car ranges from 0 percent (when it’s idling) to 30 percent. By the time you figure in additional considerations, like the energy lost

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in generating the electricity (assuming it’s from a coalor gas-fired plant), or the energy spent pumping, shipping, and refining the oil that powers a conventional car, the “well-to-wheels” efficiency of the electric

car is about 28 percent, while a gasoline car comes in around 14 percent. That difference is what allows electric cars to make up for the slightly larger impact they have during manufacturing. And if the electricity comes from cleaner sources than coal or gas, so much the better. Mr. Zagata tries to score another zinger by pointing out that people will tend to charge their electric cars at night due to rates being lower, but that solar panels aren’t operating at night, so people are preferentially charging their clean electric cars with dirty coalpowered electricity. Please See SEELEY, A6

Yum, Yum – Raccoon!

number of years ago now we mentioned in the column that each year in Danville, Ohio, not far from where we now live, the Lions Club holds a raccoon dinner. This year, according to the local newspaper, the dinner will be held on Monday, Feb. 4. In addition to the raccoon entree, for which almost 500 pounds of raccoon are prepared, the dinner will include mashed potatoes, dressing, raccoon gravy, mixed vegetables, and cake as well as homemade cornbread. We must admit that we are somewhat intrigued by the dinner, and so

were somewhat disappointed that having a take-out meal does not seem to be in the offering. Of course, even if it was, we rather doubt we would be able to CATHERINE convince either LAKE of the two drivers ELLSWORTH in the family to make the trip to Danville to pick up such a meal. We suspect it would not be the dis-

tance to Danville, but rather the meal that would be the sticking point. Of course, it might be just as well Please See COLUMN, A5

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BOUND VOLUMES Compiled by Tom Heitz and SHARON STUART, with resources courtesy of The Fenimore Art Museum Research Library

200 YEARS AGO

Information Wanted – In the year 1814, a young man of the name of Carlos L. Mallory, a native of Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, and then resident with David Woodward, of that place, as an apprentice to the tanning and currying and shoemaking business, left his home, and has never been heard of by his friends since that period. He is now, if living, 24 years of age, about six feet high, black eyes, and of a dark complexion. The object of this notice is to obtain information of his present situation. Any person, therefore, who can communicate anything relative to the fate of this young man, will do an act of humanity, which will be remembered with lasting gratitude by his afflicted parents and relatives, by addressing letters to Mr. Nathaniel Mallory, Newton, Fairfield, Connecticut. February 1, 1819

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Editor’s Note: It is rather annoying to an editor who has any brains and wishes to say something to his readers, to be put all aback by finding so much matter in type as to fill up his columns, affording no room for him to be heard. Brains, or no brains, we know of such a case. John H. Prentiss. Mr. B.B. Bowen, an educated blind man, will address the people of this county upon the institution and condition of the blind, as follows: At Fly Creek, Tuesday evening February 13; at Hartwick Academy, Wednesday evening, February 14; at West Hartwick, Thursday evening, February 15; at Laurens Village Friday evening, February 16. February 12, 1844

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The Ladies’ Festival held at the Hall on Thursday evening of last week was a very pleasant affair, especially in its social aspect. It was good to see so many of our villagers “taking tea” together, and then tarrying for a chat and to listen to the music kindly furnished by the Cooperstown Band. The ladies who do the work on such an occasion find it no easy task to earn two or three hundred dollars, but they confer a real favor in more than one direction. A Private Hop will be given by Mr. L.A. West at Bowne Hall this Friday evening when those of our young people who could scarcely keep their feet still at the festival last Thursday evening, will have an opportunity to gratify their desire for a pleasant dance. Mr. West’s classes have been large, and their proficiency is commended. February 5, 1869

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Mr. and Mrs. Carmen Booan of Cooperstown have received a card from his brother, Pvt. Stephen Booan, son of Dominick Booan of Oneonta, a prisoner of war in Germany. The card, the first word received by any of the family since October, states that he is in good health, and advised the family to get in touch with the Red Cross. It was dated October 7. He was listed by February 6, 2009 the War Department as missing in action since September 13, 1943, and soon after was listed as a prisoner. February 2, 1944 Local – The Military Band of Cooperstown is getting on very nicely since its reorganization and is making good progress. There are now 14 members and there are appliThe Girls’ basketball team at Cooperstown Central School cations from others who desire to join. Our citizens have finished in second place in the Center State Conference for given the band a “lift” of nearly $200. the 1968-1969 season. Team members are Margo Allemant, The sad news of the death of Miss Constance Fenimore Jeanne Marlette, Manager, Debbie Kuck, Judy Wedderspoon, Woolson in Venice, Italy was received here by cablegram, Judy Talbot, Mary O’Leary, and team coach Pat Mihalko. and by the daily papers of Thursday. Her relatives, the Bill Washburn, Cooperstown’s championship foul Cooper and Keese families had no previous advices of her shooter missed one in a clutch situation last Friday night at illness, which must have been brief. The dispatch came Morrisville. But the miss proved to be better than the profrom Miss Grace Carter, who is in Europe. Miss Woolson verbial mile for the play resulted in the winning field goal had for several years been a subscriber to The Freeman’s as Cooperstown edged Morrisville, 59-58. With six seconds Journal. When we occasionally heard from her, she always left in the game Cooperstown trailed Morrisville, 57-58 expressed her love for her own country and her expectawith Washburn at the free throw line. Washburn missed the tions later on to make Cooperstown her summer home. She shot but was able to grab the rebound and promptly popped was buried in the Protestant cemetery at Rome. the ball into the net for the winning bucket. The Redskin February 1, 1894 dandy finished with 32 points for the night. The Redskins will open their new gymnasium at the junior-senior high school next week against Clinton. February 5, 1969 Frank N. Bliss of Cooperstown, R.D. 5 received a telegram from the War Department on Tuesday stating that his son, Sergeant F. Clifford Bliss, had died of bronchial pneumonia on January 9 in France. Sergeant Bliss was one Governor Mario M. Cuomo recently introduced legislaof the original members of the Cooperstown detachment of tion that will keep 24,000 children enrolled in New York Co. G. But, when he went overseas he was transferred to State’s Child Health Plus Insurance Program (CHIP), a the Anti-Aircraft Division. subsidized program as they turn 13 and 14 years of age. The Orville A. Grover arrived at his home here on Monday, program currently provides affordable primary and prevenhaving been honorably discharged from Camp Upton. Gro- tive health insurance coverage for uninsured children from ver left Cooperstown with the draft contingent on April 29 birth through 12 years of age. last, going to Camp Dix at Wrightstown, N.J. and becomFebruary 1, 1994

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of snow to be expected. We are used to have snowfall predicted in 10ths of inches although we must admit that we have no idea what a 10th of an inch might be. Unless we are mistaken, inches are not easily divided into tenths. Halves, quarters, eights and 16ths of an inch all make sense to us. A 10th of an inch does not. However, even more puzzling is a prediction of 0.02 inches of snow. We have to wonder just how many snowflakes make up 0.02 inches of snow. Would it be what we might call a light dusting of snow? Or would it be so insignificant that that we would not even consider it worth mentioning? We must admit we find it to be all most The Danville, Ohio, Lions Club puzzling. is expected to serve 800 at its • 75th annual Raccoon Dinner We are also Feb. 4. This photo is from last somewhat puzzled year’s. about a Christmas card we received from on the greasy side. And we Cooperstown just last week. guess that must indeed be We noted that on the back of the case. the envelope was a cancelWe gather from the article lation stamp which read “30 that people come from all NOV 2018.” On the front of over to partake of the meal the envelope was a cancelwhich boasts that its highest lation stamp which read “16 attendance has been JAN 2019.” Just where, we 800 diners. wonder, was this particular And it seems the dinner is not exactly a quiet little affair. piece of mailing languishing In fact, there will be entertain- between the end of November and the middle of Janument provided by two bands ary? We tend to think we after which a raffle will be held. And we will miss it all... probably don’t really want to know. at least for this year. But we are curious as to • We seem to have survived where the month of January two Ohio snow storms which, has gone. Normally we find compared to our experiences January to be a rather long month. But this year, much with Upstate New York, to our liking, it seems to were not really all that have flown by. And now, if impressive. However, we February might be inclined hasten to note that Upstate to do the same, we would be New York is far better rather happy as the average equipped to deal with snow March day high time temthan is this area of Ohio. We think there is no doubt perature in Mount Vernon, Ohio is a rather balmy 47 that our days of walking degrees. How can we wait? down to the mailbox are over until something which PLEASE NOTE: Comlooks like spring arrives. ments regarding this column We are also somewhat may be e-mailed at cellssurprised by the weather worth47@icloud.com. reports regarding the amount

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COLUMN/From A4 that we do not have the opportunity to partake of the meal. It is also noted in the paper: “A limited amount of ham is prepared for those wishing to attend whose health may not permit them to consume the raccoon.” Yikes...if ham is the default meat, deemed better for one’s health, what we wonder, must the fallout be from actually eating the raccoon. We have long heard that raccoon meat is most definitely

ing a member of the 311th Infantry. He went overseas in May and while engaged in the battle at Arras in August he received a wound in his left arm. He was cared for in hospitals in France and England until his return from overseas on December 21. He has been receiving treatment for his wound in a hospital in Hoboken, until transferred to Camp Upton for his discharge. January 29, 1919

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It’s Time To Seize Energy Future Locally

he local energy debate shows little sign of dying down. On the one side are opponents of any further development of fossil fuels, including natural gas, and on the other side are advocates for expanding the natural-gas infrastructure in our area in hopes of luring new industrial development. Most people, however, are somewhere in the middle. National polling suggests that majorities now see climate change as a growing threat we have to do something about, which ultimately means getting off fossil fuels, including natural gas. Climate change statistics continue to relentlessly worsen, while the costs of mitigating pollution and dealing with disruptive events like floods, hurricanes, and unreliable weather patterns keep rising. These external costs are borne by taxpayers, consumers, property owners, and the general public. At the same time, many people also recognize the steep price of converting to renewable energy. In spite of technological advances and declining costs, renewables in most cases still require a high initial investment and

remain limited, especially in applications like power generation and transportation. In spite of tax credits and other incentives, most people can’t afford to install a rooftop solar array or buy an electric car. It’s cheaper today to stick with your oil furnace or gas vehicle. I have long been in the camp ADRIAN of those opposed KUZMINSKI to further development of fossil fuels. What people on my side of the debate have been slow to recognize is how hard and costly the conversion process has turned out to be. Natural gas advocates, for their part, ignore the accumulated evidence that methane seepage in production and distribution cancels out any advantage gas enjoys as cleaner burning than oil or coal at the end point of combustion. They also ignore the economic potential of renewables and energy conser-

The Freeman’s Journal In a lead-up to the Otsego County Chamber’s Jan. 31 Energy Summit, the Concerned Citizens of Oneonta organized a discussion Jan. 17 at Elm Park Methodist Church. Entrepreneur Len Carson discusses wind power. Full story at www. OTSEGO.com.

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vation: that’s where the jobs could be. So how do we decide what local energy policy to pursue? At this point, we cannot do without fossil fuels any more than we can continue to rely on them. We’re like addicts who desperately seek the benefit of the next fix, even though it undermines their health and welfare. Therapies for addiction range from Please See KUZMINSKI, A6

1st Master’s Another Promising Step At Hartwick EDITORIAL/From A4 camp in the challenges facing traditional liberal arts colleges. Plus, through her involvement in the profession nationally – she plays leadership roles in the Council of Independent Colleges and the American Council on Education, and more – she can put what she’s experienced on the ground in a larger context. So it should be no surprise Drugovich has a clear eye as she looks to the future. TRBM builds on the strengths of existing Hartwick science programs, she said, yet opens up a whole range of new opportunities for undergrads and others. “We’re not knocking off a program someone else has done,” she continued. “We’ve created a program that will uniquely prepare students to enter this role in this very important industry.” And the idea wasn’t pulled out of a hat: An alum, Dale Brown, a grad working in California’s pharmaceutical-development sector, told Drugovich a few years ago: “Everyone needs this kind of person in their organization.”

Two leaders of innovative Hartwick programs, Aaron MacLeod and Alice Ceacareanu, are cut from the same entrepreneurial cloth.

Among other pluses, TRBM jobs will pay well, tilting the cost-benefit equation in the student’s direction. • The new master’s is good news, but Drugovich said masters will not be plunked atop all the existing departments. TRBM is part of a piece of a winning strategy of flexible innovation, of finding a need and, only if it makes sense for Hartwick, filling it. Remember the college’s three-year degree, allowing undergrads to obtain a bachelor’s at 75 percent of the cost?

That was a Hartwick first. Also, led by now-retiring Provost Mike Tannenbaum, the 75-year nursing program was reenergized a couple of years ago, and a popular criminal justice major added. The Center for Craft Food & Beverage, founded in 2015, provides microbreweries, a growing local sector, with lab tests individual operations would be hard-pressed to provide themselves, plus gives undergrads hands-on training in lab work. Smart stuff. • Also encouraging, the center’s director, Aaron MacLeod, a lively, high-energy professional, and now Alice Ceacareanu, are from the same mold: nimble entrepreneurial thinkers. “When you’re doing something on the front edge,” said Drugovich, “you need to find the right person. Like we found in Aaron.” She added, “Alice is going to be perfect.” Reflecting on the latest innovation, it underscores a growing conclusion in the community about Hartwick College: All is going to be just fine on Drugovich’s Oyaron Hill.

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KUZMINSKI: Let’s Embrace Albany’s Green Initiatives KUZMINSKI/From A5 going cold turkey, to finding some benign substitute, to reducing usage. We’re too energy dependent to go cold turkey, and natural gas is not a benign substitute. Reducing fossil fuel usage remains the only practical option. The main obstacle to reducing our consumption of fossil fuels is lack of adequate investment and incentive. Fortunately, New York State is moving ahead with its own version of a Green New Deal in which public investment in conservation and renewables aims

to reduce fossil fuel consumption while providing new employment opportunities. Though critics caution that New York State energy policy still approves of power plants using out-of-state gas, Governor Cuomo recently announced a program to get to 100-percent “clean, carbon-free” electricity by 2040 by expanding subsidies for renewables. This is an expansion of New York State’s 2015 goal of reaching 50 percent renewable electricity generation by 2030. The Governor’s new program includes $1.5 billion in competitive

awards to support large-scale solar, wind and energy storage projects in Upstate New York. Otsego County needs to be aggressive in going after this kind of state money, which is perhaps the largest source of available capital investment for renewables and energy conservation, and the jobs likely to follow. This column has complained in the past that “no one speaks for Otsego County.” And though some state funding for economic development – including green projects – has come our way, it’s been relatively little on a comparative basis.

We’re falling behind. If we had a county executive, for instance, to give voice to our needs, they might be recognized more quickly in Albany and beyond. Otsego County needs to play ball with Albany. One step is for the county to sign up as NYSERDA’s “Climate Smart Community” pledge, a New York State program which requires a commitment by local governments to explore options for energy efficiencies and development of renewables. A proposal to do that, is currently before the county

board. Call your county representative and urge them to support it. Beyond that, our county representatives need to take the initiative in lobbying Albany. Our legislators in Albany, whatever their virtues, have so far not demonstrated the urgency this issue demands. The county needs to speak up for the interests of all its residents. It’s about time it did so. Adrian Kuzminski, a retired Hartwick College philosophy professor and a Sustainable Otsego founder, lives in Fly Creek.

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At Summit, Gas, Green Advocates To Go Mano A Mano To the Editor: The Otsego County Chamber of Commerce Energy Infrastructure and Economy Summit will be held at the Otesaga Hotel in Cooperstown on Thursday morning as this edition of Hometown Oneonta comes off the press. The Chamber’s goal is to have a full discussion on energy options for Otsego County, each option discussed according to its merits. There is general agreement on the conditions that impel this conference. We live in a beautiful, historic, and culturally rich area. Beauty, history, and culture have economic value. We want to keep it that way. We also live in an area where young families leave for better economic opportunities elsewhere. Our towns lose their vitality, our schools close, our population numbers stagnate as our populace grows older. We need to add year-round economic vigor to our culture/history/ beauty assets. Affordable energy is a key. Its form and infrastruc-

ture are debateable. Thus the summit. There are several camps. One would impede the use of fossil fuels which they feel leads to climate change and other harms. A second faction would employ ALL forms of energy, including natural gas, and judge the efficacy of their use on a cost/ benefit basis. In preparing for the energy-focused Otesaga meeting, the local anti- fossil fuel faction has been active in community outreach through presentations and opeds. They are pushing for an all renewable future, starting now. They want NO further development of gas infrastucture, no transmission nor distributive pipeline construction, no alternate delivery systems, nothing. Most of us in the affordable energy (ie. gas) faction see an increased use of ALL energy sources. Technology has brought down the costs of renewables. However, they are not yet competitive at a true market price. To do so means

renewables must shed their half century of privilege in subsidies, mandates, tax abatements, prioritization. and all other subtle and not-so-subtle thumbs on the economic scale. Until there is true market equity, the bridge to this era is affordable, efficient, resilient natural gas. For me, it’s simple. The County (and the country) is best served with the availability of gas. It heats our homes. It cooks our meals. It generates electricity that powers just about everything else. In so doing, it has replaced coal and reduced emissions to 25 year lows. Renewables just aren’t there yet. Their problem: no storage solution for times when there’s no sun and/or no wind. When the problem is solved, there will be a chance for market parity with other power sources. Until then, it’s a matter of politics (and the religion of environmentalism) versus economics. DICK DOWNEY Otego

SEELEY/From A4 But that just shows he hasn’t thought through the economics of the question. Nighttime electric rates are lower now because our system is so reliant on large coal and nuclear units that are expensive to ramp up and down as demand goes up and down. It’s more efficient to leave them running through the night and sell the electricity for cheap than to turn them off and back on, so that’s what the power companies do. If we were ever to get to a place where a lot of our electricity came from solar power, prices would shift to make it cheaper

during the day when supply is abundant, and more expensive at night when we’d be pulling electricity from storage. People would charge their cars during the day, perhaps with new charging stations installed in parking lots and at worksites. People who weren’t using the cars for a few days could even contribute to system-wide storage, loading up the battery during the day with cheap solar power, and letting the system take it back at night at a higher price. Mr. Zagata made one true claim: There is no one “silver bullet.” If someone thinks, “This one thing will

solve our problems of energy supply and climate destabilization!”, they don’t understand the nature of the problem. But careful analysis shows that electric cars are a useful part of the solution. It’s strange Mr. Zagata puts so much effort into trying to convince you otherwise. (The numbers here are from “Well to wheels: electric car efficiency,” by Maury Markowitz, February 22, 2013, at https://matter2energy.wordpress. com/2013/02/22/wells-to-wheelselectric-car-efficiency/. KARL SEELEY Oneonta

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Around State, ‘Microgrids’ Require Gas From Fracking To the Editor: In his recent response about a microgrid for the railyard, Albert Colone faulted me for not giving him credit for a source of energy that he never mentioned in his original article: biomass. Then he asks who, besides me, would not like that? Well, the hundreds of people who vigorously opposed and ultimately defeated a proposed wood-burning power plant in the railyards a few years ago would probably say, “No thank you, Albert.” Clearly, I must repeat the lesson of my earlier letter regarding “combined heat and power” (CHP), also called “cogeneration.” CHP requires combustion to create electricity and heat at the same time. Consequently, it won’t work very well as a “backup” electricity source unless heat is also needed during those periods of peak demand. As I wrote earlier, geothermal energy would be a great way of heating and cooling buildings at the railyards or elsewhere: I support that 100 percent. However, unless we move to Iceland where geysers are hot enough to run turbines, geothermal is not a CHP solution.

If, instead of “biomass,” Mr. Colone actually meant “biogas,” then he will need to relocate his CHP power plant, and the industrial-development area, to the county landfill. Otherwise, he will need a very long steam tunnel. There is only one hydropowered microgrid proposed under NYSERDA’s New York Prize initiative, and I would support such a plan for Oneonta if it were deemed feasible. But every other microgrid that has been proposed or built in New York produces almost all its energy by burning fracked gas. A 25 MW CHP power plant at the railyards would need a dozen so-called “bomb trucks” a day for fuel. Of course, a few watt-hours of wind or solar electricity might be tossed in as window-dressing, but that won’t solve the climate crisis. The bottom line is that more combustion means more greenhouse gas emissions. We are out of time for “all of the above” solutions that make us more dependent on fossil fuels. DENNIS HIGGINS Otego

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City Hall Heads Back To Court To End Legal Marathon On Oneonta Hotel HOTEL/From A1 system next door. Helen Garvin, who works at LEAF Inc. on the ground floor, was initially told she didn’t have to leave. But around 11 a.m., carbon-monoxide alarms began to beep. “They came back around and evacuated the whole building,” she said. Five other office workers were taken to Fox Hospital as a precaution, and the building was reopened at 2:30 that day. It was the second such malfunction in four days. On Friday, Jan. 25, the building was evacuated after carbon monoxide detectors went off around noon,

prompting inspectors to search the basement of 195 Main, where they discovered tape had been placed over one of the air intakes on the boiler. It was then that Nicolae Pervu, who owns the building with his wife, Melania, allegedly confronted the city inspector, who left the building out of fear for his personal safety. “He felt threatened by Mr. Pervu,” said Herzig. Inspectors from NYSEG “redtagged” the boiler, indicating that it was in need of repair. But according to Herzig, on Monday morning, the Pervus called NYSEG to let them know they were going to restart the boiler. “NYSEG said they were going to send someone over to inspect it,” said Herzig.

“By the time their inspector got there, the alarms were going off at 189 Main.” According to Herzig, NYSEG “cut the pipe” to the boiler to prevent it from being turned back on until they complete their own inspection and turned it back on themselves. “This is serious,” said Herzig. “The building is not being properly maintained. We cannot jeopardize the lives and well-being of the people in and around that building.” The incidents came just days after City Attorney David Merzig asked County Judge John F. Lambert to uphold the city’s original Order to Vacate, issued last April. In a meeting with Judge Lambert’s

law clerk on Thursday, Jan. 24, City Attorney David Merzig was told to bring an Order to Show Cause to the judge, recommending punishment for the Pervus for failing to comply with Lambert’s September order that the building be brought up to code by Jan. 11. The order will then be presented to the judge for his ruling. “These two incidents highlight why we’re taking this action,” said the mayor. “We need to take action to bring that building up to code so people can live there safely.” Herzig said that these two incidents will be documented and presented, along with the recent inspection report, to Lambert as part of the Order

to Show Cause. The city attorney said he hoped to have the Order prepared to submit this week. Should the order to vacate be upheld, Herzig said the city is already working with the county Department of Social Services and other agencies to relocate the remaining tenants into safe housing. “We are not going to put anyone on the street,” he said. “We are working together to make sure we have appropriate places for everyone to live.” As of press time, a call to owner Melania Pervu was referred to her lawyer, Ryan Manley of Harris, Conway & Donovan PLLC. Manley did not return the call.

National Figure Leaves Cooperstown Board 2nd Solar Farm Ready ALLSTADT/From A1 Committee. Gaining a local, state and even national profile for his arguments against fracking, even speaking to San Francisco’s prestigious Commonwealth Club, he said he intends to continue advising environmental groups about what makes sense and what doesn’t. Surfacing last year as a member of an Otsego Now delegation that visited NYSEG President Carl Taylor to express concern about the lack of natural gas for current uses, he said he is involved in another so-far unspecified economic-development initiative that may surface in the next few months. He’s also involved in an undertaking spearheaded by his son-in-law and daughter, Jay and Sally Webb, to expand an eco-lodge development in Costa Rica. At 76, not bad. This week in Cooperstown, though, people he worked with were focusing on his municipal accomplishments. Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch credited him with the almost complete renovations of 22 Main – the Village Hall, which also hosts the library and Community Art Association. Recently, a $270,000 state grant was announced for a final piece: restoration of the ballroom’s skylight. Tillapaugh, in consultation with Allstadt, chose Steve Cembrinski, a local accountant, to fill the vacancy resulting from the resignation. He

wanted to be part of it. To hear something like that from a guy like him may have been among the top five compliments I got in my life.” A graduate of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy with an MBA from Columbia, Alstadt spent most of his career with Mobil, with responsibilities ranging from North Sea exploration to overseeing construction of hundreds of gas stations in Japan. As executive vice president of Mobil, he agreed to stay on and facilitate its merger with Exxon in 1998-2000, with the The Freeman’s Journal agreement he would retire at & HOMETOWN ONEONTA that point to ensure his objecAllstadt and wife Melintivity during the process. da Hardin on the night “Once we were talkof his 2017 reelection ing about something,” said to the Cooperstown Katz, ”and he said: ‘When Village Board. I ran Mobil Canada.’ I just will serve until the March remember saying to him, tell 2020 village elections. me more.” Allstadt was appointed Living next door to Village to fill a one-year vacancy in Hall, his interest in restor2013, and ran for three-year ing that deteriorating historic terms in 2014 and 2017. building pre-dated his elec(An independent, in 2014 he tion; he resigned from The hurried from the Democratic Friends of 22 Main on taking caucus in the fire hall to the office. Republican one in the Village He served on the Village Hall, seeking to win a bi-parBoard’s Building Committisan endorsement.) tee throughout, and saw the Most of his service was replacement of a front porch under the mayoralty of Jeff that was about to collapse, the Katz, who retired last April upgrading of the mechanicals, 1. Katz called it “a real honor installation of a new roof, and a thrill to work with him and the transformation of – to have a guy of that caliber the top-floor ballroom into on the board.” a multi-purpose facility. He When Allstadt decided to estimated about $250,000 in run, Katz said, “one of the village money was spent on things he said to me was: the project, much from new He had watched me and he revenues from paid parking.

WSKG Classical Programming At End RADIO/From A1 Sister station WSQX’s transmitter, which broadcasts into Cooperstown on 105.9, will also be all-talk. Other WSKG and WSQX affiliates will switch to a service called WSKG Classic, but those signals are won’t reach Oneonta or Cooperstown. For some people, that’s a shame. “When I’m in my studio, I love having that classical station on,” said Cooperstown Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch, who restores historic documents. “It’s disappointing. But WSKG CEO Greg Catlin said a survey showed most of the local listeners prefer all-talk to classical, 2-1. “Some of our listeners won’t be able to receive the station and we apologize,” said Catlin. “But this is what we have to do for the longterm health of the station.” The surveys of members were conducted in 2009, 2015 and 2016, and showed they preferred the single format station, rather than switching between classical music and news programming.

“When I became CEO in 2017, I looked at the studies and wondered why we hadn’t done anything,” he said. “It was very clear that this is our future. “People were begging us to just have a station for news and conversation, and people were begging us to have a station that was just classical.” However, Tillapaugh likes it just the way it will be – until Sunday. “It was a nice blend,” said Tillapaugh. “I like the music, but I also like ‘All Things Considered.’” Podcasting and Internet streaming are becoming the primary way customers listen to music, said Catlin. “People aren’t consuming radio like they used to,” he said. “They’re not turning on the radio the old-fashioned way.” With WSKG as the “mothership,” Catln decided to make that the all-talk station. “We sent out a survey to just our Cooperstown listeners and asked what they prefer to listen to, news or classical, and 2-1, they said news,” he said. Although most radio listeners can get 91.7 across the county, Catlin said “we only have one

translator in Cooperstown, and based on that survey, we decided we should keep the translator on WSKG.” And although you won’t be able to get WSQX over the radio, Catlin said that there are still ways to enjoy your favorite classical music 24 hours a day. “You can listen on our website or on Echo or Alexa smart speakers,” he said. “I got one for Christmas and I turned off my radio. That’s the best way to listen.” They are also in the process of developing a WSKG app. However, many in the area lack a strong enough signal to make listening possible. “WSQX only goes as far as Bainbridge, so we won’t be able to get it in Cooperstown,” said Tillapaugh. “I don’t want to have talk radio on when I have clients over.” And Tillapaugh believes the loss to be a detriment to a community of fans. “This is a classic music community,” she said. “We have the worldrenown Glimmerglass Festival, the Cooperstown Summer Music Festival, we have a lot of classical music .”

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Embracing the anti-fracking campaign piqued his interest in environmental issues, and he studied village participation in a solar farm, abandoning the idea when he found such energy was more costly than what NYSEG could provide. Recently, though, he found a windpower contract that is now providing 100 percent of municipal power for less than NYSEG, he said. One controversy arose when Allstadt convinced his colleagues to shift the village’s pension-fund portfolio away from fossil-fuel stocks, and he was challenged in the pages of this newspaper by David Russell, a Credit Suisse banker who had overseen the state pension fund under state Comptroller Carl McCall. The back-and-forth in Letters to the Editor went on over several weeks, and was picked up by New York Times’ business columnist James Stewart in a column headlined, “Once an Oil Executive, Now a Crusader Against Fossil Fuel Stocks.” Today, Allstadt said events have borne him out, with the village’s non-oil portfolio consistently running a point or more ahead of the S&P 500. “He is smart, tough, analytic,” said Katz. “But his conclusion was not based on beliefs. It had to be supported by facts.”

SOLAR/From A1 tina, partnered with MIT and Stanford University researchers to develop EnergyScore, based on 875,000 Americans’ utility-bill payment performance and housing, as well as financial and demographic characteristics. With Otsego County’s median household income at $45,268, “many residents do not meet the minimum credit score requirements to access solar financing,” according to a recent Solstice press release. “We found the EnergyScore was 40 percent more accurate at qualifying individuals for solar access than a credit score…,” Alayza said. If residents have low credit scores but good EnergyScores, they can often qualify for a community solar program like DRS’s and enjoy the 10 percent reduced rate on their utility bills. Solstice’s partner and developer here, Delaware River Solar, has made signing up to participate in its community solar program easy – and free – by eliminating the costs and topographic challenges of installing solar panels in individual houses. So far, 400 Otsego County residents already signed up to use the farm’s solar-power generated electricity at a savings of 10 percent off the electric utility rate. The 7,920 solar panels

at the Laurens farm, due to open in early February, generate 400,000 kilowatts of electricity, at its peak, which is then off-loaded on to NYSEG’s area electrical grid. “Bill credits” are produced each month for the solar farms’ members and distributed to them. Each month, members of the project receive the credits on their electric bills, reducing their amounts by 10 percent. Delaware River has also eliminated the process and costs of signing up for solar energy that in the past caused people to not sign up for it. There are no upfront or cancellation fees, and if you move within the utility area, you can retain your membership. Another solar farm in Liberty that will provide solar power to Otsego County has filled to capacity and will open in mid-April. But Menges of DRS said the company has many projects following the Laurens and Liberty farms. She said customers should sign up now so they can be “put into the queue and are allocated to projects” as DRS completes them. Anyone interested in signing up can contact DRS at info@ delawareriversolar.com or at 845-414-3491. For more information and to sign up, visit www.delawareriversolar.com.

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or the students in Gary Beckett’s Construction Management classes at SUNY Delhi, this year’s project is a chance to help change the lives of people in desperate situations. “Usually we just build sheds for people in the community,” he said. “These will help people get on their feet.” Beckett’s classes – along with students in the electrical, carpentry and plumbing trades – are building “tiny houses” to help combat Otsego County homeless. “The county spends a million dollars a year housing the homeless,” said Senior Planner Eric Scrivener in the Otsego County Planning Department. “We’re sending them to motels for $65 a night, where they have no supervision and no case management.” Two of the houses are nearing completion, Brackett said, and will be placed The Otsego Board of Representatives Please See TINY, B3 at the county’s Meadows Office Complex in late spring.

Green Earth Health Food Market Plants New Roots Dean Roberts Plans Second Outlet On Southside, Featuring Most Of Same Items, Plus Drive-Through By LIBBY CUDMORE ONEONTA

his spring, you’ll be able to enjoy the Green Earth’s delicious organic soups, sandwiches, salads and drinks – to go. “Our new store will have a drivethrough window,” said proprietor Dean Roberts. “We’ll have meals, so you can drive up and say, ‘I’ll have a coffee and a #3.’” Ian Austin/ OTSEGO.life Roberts, who has owned the Dean Roberts, proprietor of the Green Earth in Green Earth on South Market Street downtown Oneonta, has announced a second in downtown Oneonta since 2011, location for his popular organic grocery store will will open a second location in

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Representing the Oneonta Bagel Co., SUNY students Ali Szymanski, left, and Melissa Roberts ladle up cups of Thanksgiving Dinner White Bean Chili at the 2018 Chili Bowl.

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t’s the most delicious day of the year as CANO hosts the annual Chili Bowl fundraiser. Buy a one-ofa-kind bowl decorated by a local artist and fill it up with tasty chili from local restaurants and organizations. Vote for your favorite to take the top prize! Noon-4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 3, Wilber Mansion, Community Arts Network of Oneonta, 11 Ford Ave., Oneonta. (607) 432-2070. • Participate in traditional ice harvest, cutting blocks of ice from the mill pond to store and use to make ice LIBBY cream throughout the CUDMORE year. Ice fishing demonstrations, a snowman village and more. $9/adult. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 2, Hanford Mills Museum, 51 Co. Hwy. 12, East Meredith. Info (607) 278-5744. • Help raise money for the Susquehanna Animal Shelter and get a good workout with a 90-minute spin class. $10 minimum donation. 8:3010 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 3, Clark Sports Center, Cooperstown. (607) 547-8111. • Tour a new exhibit on Oneonta advertisements from the 1850s to today at the Greater Oneonta Historical Society, curated by local historian Tom Heitz. Opens Friday, Feb. 1, with a reception 2-4 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 2. GOHS, 183 Main St., Oneonta. Info (607) 432-0960. Try your hand at cooking something tasty with a Cookbook Swap. Trade gently used cookbooks for something new. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3, Farmers Market, 101 Main St., in Pioneer Alley, Cooperstown. Info (607) 547-6195. • Learn about food, customs and different cultures with the kids of 4H as they host an International Night. 6:30-9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1, Greater Plains Elementary School, 60 West End Ave., Oneonta. Info (607) 547-2536 ext. 225.

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2019 CAREER EXPO & JOB FAIR Wednesday, February 6 • 5 to 8 pm ONC BOCES • 1914 County Route 35 • Milford Come talk to professionals in all areas of business and trade. Learn of career opportunities in manufacturing, construction trades, engineering, health care, information technology and other on-demand careers All are welcome! The Job Fair is open to all high school students, parents, adults enrolled in BOCES’ career education programs, BOCES’ alumni and the general public. Contact Karen Laing, Member Servies Administration, Otsego County Chamber of Commerce 607-432-4500 ext 104 or email Karen@otsegocc.com.

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INTERNATIONAL NIGHT – 6:30 - 9 p.m. Learn foods, customs, culture of different countries with 4-H youth. Greater Plains Elementary School, 60 West End Ave., Oneonta. 607-547-2536 ext. 225. FILM SCREENING – 6:30 & 9 p.m. Showing “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of

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Grindlewald.” Cost, $3. Red Dragon Theater, SUNY Oneonta. FILM SERIES – 7 p.m. Discrimination Matters film series presents “The Reluctant Fundamentalist.” Open discussion to follow. Free, open to public. Light snacks available, or bring your own. Waterfront Room, Hunt Col-

lege Union, SUNY Oneonta. CONTRADANCE – 7:30 p.m. Fun social dance featuring music by Erik House and Friends, Peter Blue calling. Arrive at 7:15 for introduction to steps. Admission, $8/adult. First Presbyterian Church, 25 Church St., Cooperstown. 607-547-8164.

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Participate in traditional ice harvest. Includes ice carving, ice fishing, horse-drawn sleigh rides, snowman village, hot soup buffet, food truck, blacksmithing, cooking demonstration, exhibits by local businesses, farmers. Cost, $9/adult. Hanford Mills Museum, 51 Co. Hwy. 12, East Meredith. 607-278-5744. WINTER EVENTS – 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Enjoy Crockpot Contest, Chinese Auction, Bake Sale, Quilt Raffle, more. Vets Club, 13 Lake St., Richfield Springs. 315-858-9924. OPERA – 12:55 p.m. Live streaming “Carmen” by Bizet. Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. 607-431-2080. EXHIBIT RECEPTION – 2 - 4 p.m. Celebrate new exhibit “Oneonta Commercial Advertising, 1850s to the New Millennium.” Oneonta History Center, 183 Main St., Oneonta. 607-432-0960. FILM SCREENING – 6:30 & 9 p.m. Showing “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindlewald.” See Friday Listing. THEATER – 7:30 p.m. “The Children’s Hour” by Lillian Hellman, a gripping tale of lies, rumors, & innuendo. Presented by Stuff of Dreams Productions. Production Center, Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. 607431-2080 CONCERT SERIES – 7:30 p.m. Cooperstown Concert series features Buffalo Rose, who have received critical raves. The Otesaga, Cooperstown. 607-547-1812. MORE CALENDAR, Pg. 5

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Green Earth Adds To Southside Locus Of Health MARKET/From B1 Southside Chiropractic,” he said. “It helps fit into their health and wellness campus.” In addition to Southside Chiropractic, the campus also hosts the Advanced Nutrition Center and the Sports Performance Rehabilitation Center. “They’re really dynamic,” he said. “With what they’re doing, I believe they could be as much of a draw to Oneonta as the baseball camps, and we’re happy to be a part of it.” “There’s no business that more aligns with our business than the Green Earth,” said Shirley Rufrano, a chiropractor and a nutritionist. “Helping people naturally is what we do. I always say we’re feeding people back to health!” The Southside location will be “a replica” of what you might see at the main store, with a slightly smaller footprint. “We’ll stock around 500 of our most popular items,” he said. It won’t have the community room, Roberts noted, but the campus offers spaces for yoga classes and other community events. “We think Southside could really

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be the profit center for the Green Earth.” The Southside location wouldn’t have the solar panels that the Market Street location has, but Roberts has not ruled out putting together a solar array on the land behind the campus. “They’d be good on the open land over there,” he said. And best of all, the new location has parking. “So many people say ‘I love your store, I go every time I can find a parking space’,” he said. “We do over a million dollars a year,

but we feel like our lack of parking has really hindered our growth.” Roberts noted that the city did recently approve 15-minute parking outside of the store to increase the turnover for the convenience of shoppers. And there may be changes coming to the Market Street location too. “We’ve talked about expanding the restaurant and doing more to emphasize that,” he said. “We’ve started doing ‘We Cook Wednesdays,’ where our customers can come in

and pick up a hot, readymade meal to take home. That’s an area we can really expand on.” They also plan on introducing online ordering in the near future, allowing busy shoppers to fill their basket and have it ready for pickup – or even delivery. “There are a lot of directions you can take with this store that don’t involve parking,” he said. But with both locations, he’s looking into ways to increase customer loyalty to the Green Earth. “Most of our customers also go to Hannaford and Price Chopper,” he said. “We want to encourage larger baskets for people who shop here. That means comparison shopping and offering better prices on staples like butter and milk, and asking people why they don’t buy what they need here and how we can get them to do so.” Roberts said he plans to open the store March 1. “It’s a good move,” he said. “Just because we’re a small town doesn’t mean we shouldn’t have access to natural health and wellness,” said Rufrano.

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most likely to be homeless. “The average stay will be 120 days,” she said. “The Department of Social Services will manage the property and help people with case management and life skills.” Six tiny houses are planned, and two are now under construction. “Two more are planned for next semester,” said Scrivner. “These first two were sort of prototypes, but with the next ones, they’ll have fully built plans to work from.” When the frames are done, plumbing students will install Ian Austin/ OTSEGO.life the sink, toilet and shower fixtures, The tiny home doors have been moved from the long while student elecwall to the short one. tricians will wire the house for power and baseboard heating. livan, the Otsego director “We had considered a of planning, at the Ricky solar array on the property, Parisian Scholarship recepbut the payback time was tion in Oneonta – both their too long,” said Brackett. daughters were recipients. “But I also know the county “And we got talking about is looking into geothermal the project,” he said. energy.” His students began The houses will be placed designing the tiny homes when the school year began. on concrete pads behind The Meadows, and the students “They researched building will complete the plumbing codes and considered the and electrical hookups on spaces,” he said. “We insite. “We want to get them vited the county and Social finished as completely as Services to a presentation, and they picked pieces from possible so we’re not running back and forth an hour all of them to come up with each way.” the final design.” Construction on the pads One example had the was delayed by a rainy entry along the long wall, October, but Scrivener but county officials decided hopes to get the site ready they wanted it in the front. in April. “They wanted to be able The state’s Department to see all the front doors of Housing & Community simultaneously,” he said. “And the shape of the build- Renewal partnering with an institution, rather than ings makes them easier to contractors, is a first. “It was transport.” The 11- by 22-foot houses an out-of-the-box idea,” said Sullivan. “But now it’s the are suitable for one permodel for tiny homes.” son and feature baseboard “The focus of SUNY heating, a kitchenette with Delhi is to get students a two-burner stove, and a real-life experience,” said bathroom with a stand-up Brackett. “SUNY Delhi shower. They will serve as emergency housing for men, students are always working with their hands.” whom Sullivan said are

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signs, all of whom and whose names, except as states, are unknown to plaintiff; JIM WOLK S/H/A JOHN DOE #1; LORI COUSE S/H/A JOHN DOE #2; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; “JOHN DOE #3” through “JOHN DOE #12,” the last ten names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises described in the complaint, Index No. 2017-339. Mortgaged Premises: 84 Spruce Street, Oneonta, New York 13820 Section: 288.18 Block: 3 Lot: 47 To The Above Named Defendant(s): YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action and to serve a copy of your Answer on the Plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days of the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after service of the same is complete where service is made in any manner other than by personal delivery within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a Defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service. If you fail to appear or to answer within the aforementioned time frame, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT - THE OBJECTIVE of the above captioned action is to foreclose on a Consolidation, Extension, and Modification Agreement to secure $88,040.00 and interest, recorded in the Otsego County Clerk’s Office on February 15, 2013 in Instrument Number 2013824, covering the premises known as 84 Spruce Street, Oneonta, New York 13820. The relief sought herein is a final judgment directing sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the mortgage described above. Plaintiff designates Otsego County as the place of trial. Venue is based upon the County in which the mortgaged premises is located. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court

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where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. This communication is from a debt collector in an attempt to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. FRIEDMAN VARTOLO, LLP 85 Broad Street, Suite 501, New York, New York 10004, Attorneys for Plaintiff. 4LegalFeb.21 Legal nOtice SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF OTSEGO INDEX NO. EF2018-506 Mortgaged Premises: 371 CARSON ROAD WEST WINFIELD, NY 13491 District: Section: 35.00 Block: 2 Lot: 3.03 JAMES B. NUTTER & COMPANY, Plaintiff, Plaintiff designates OTSEGO as the place of trial situs of the real property vs. SYLVIA ROOD, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF RAYMOND WILSON; JEFFREY WILSON, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF RAYMOND WILSON; BRIAN WILSON, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF RAYMOND WILSON; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND DISTRIBUTEES OF THE ESTATE OF RAYMOND WILSON; any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom

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and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; NEW YORK STATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CORPORATION; OTSEGO COUNTY; JAMES B. NUTTER & COMPANY; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #12,” the last twelve names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, Defendants. To the above named Defendants YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s Attorney within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York) in the event the United States of America is made a party defendant, the time to answer for the said United States of America shall not expire until (60) days after service of the Summons; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of $106,500.00 and interest, recorded on November 3, 2008, at Liber 1564 Page 768, of the Public Records of OTSEGO County, New York, covering premises known as 371 CARSON ROAD WEST WINFIELD, NY 13491. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. OTSEGO County is designated as the place of trial because the real property affected by this action is located in said county. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclo-

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sure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to the mortgage company will not stop the foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. RAS BORISKIN, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff BY: DANIEL GREENBAUM, ESQ. 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310 Westbury, NY 11590 516-280-7675 4LegalFeb.7 Legal nOtice Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company, (LLC) Name: SENTINEL BISON LLC Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/04/19 . Office Location: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: 129 Fred Field Road, Hartwick, NY 13348 Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 6LegalFeb.21 Legal nOtice NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Articles of Organization of Mission On Main, LLC (“LLC”) filed with the Secretary of State of New York (“SSNY”) on January 3, 2019, effective on the date of filing. Office Location: Otsego County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY may mail a copy of any process to the LLC at 138 Balford Drive, Oneonta, NY 13820, which shall be the principal business location. The purpose for which the LLC is formed is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which limited liability companies may be organized under the NYS Limited Liability Company Law. 6LegalFeb.21 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of Northern Landing Property Group LLC Filed 1/3/19 Office: Otsego Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to:

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149 County Highway 44, Oneonta, NY 13820 Purpose: all lawful 6LegalFeb.21 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company Name: BioSistemas Network LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 13 November 2017. Certificate of Amendment filing date with the SSNY was 9 March 2018. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 471 County Highway 40, Worcester, NY 12197. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws. 6LegalFeb.21 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company Name: CLEARVIEW OF HARTWICK LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 2 January 2019. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to PO Box 253, Hartwick, NY 13348. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws. 6LegalFeb.21 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company Name: BOB PUTNAM AGENCY PROPERTIES, LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 2 January 2019. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to PO Box 606, Worcester, NY 12197. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws. 6LegalFeb.21 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company Name: THREE BELL FARM LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 2 January 2019. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process

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against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 2209 Cty Hwy 33, Cooperstown, NY 13326. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws. 6LegalFeb.21 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company Name: BURKESMITH LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 2 January 2019. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 381 Co Hwy 26, Cooperstown, NY 13326. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws. 6LegalFeb.21 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company Name: HURTUBISE PROPERTIES LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 2 January 2019. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 3050 Co Hwy 8, Oneonta, NY 13820. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws. 6LegalFeb.21 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company Name: OSTERHOUDT CAPITAL LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 2 January 2019. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 320 Eddy Martin Rd, Milford, NY 13807. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws. 6LegalFeb.21 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company Name: BRC HOLDINGS, LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 2 January 2019. Continued Pg. 5

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Sunday, February 3

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SOUP TO GO – 4 - 5 p.m. Stop by for free, homemade soup with neighbors. No age, socio-economic, or church membership requirement. Just because we’re neighbors. Elm Park United Methodist Church, 401 Chestnut St., Oneonta. 607-432-6552. WRITERS GROUP – 5 p.m. Discuss current writing projects, get inspired, have fun. Arkell Museum, 2 Erie Blvd., Canajoharie. 518-673-2314.

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From Pg. 4 Office location: Otsego County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 1020 State Highway 80, Edmeston, NY 13335. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws. 6LegalFeb.21 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company Name: BIG E & MIMI LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 17 December 2018. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY has been

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designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 192 Main St, Cooperstown, NY 13326. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws. 6LegalFeb.21 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company Name: COOPERSTOWN DINER LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 17 December 2018. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and

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SSNY shall mail copy of process to 192 Main St, Cooperstown, NY 13326. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws. 6LegalFeb.21 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of Traditio Designs LLC. Filed 8/10/18. Office: Otsego Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: C/O Maciej Lorens, 168 Rosa Mystica Dr, Edmeston, NY 13335. Purpose: General. 6LegalFeb.14 Legal nOtice Notice of formation of Abundant Self Storage LLC.

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Arts. Org. filed with the SSNY on 01/02/19. Ottice: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC. Legaling Corporate Services INC. 1967 WEHRLE DRIVE WUITE 1 #086 BUFFALO, NY 14221. Purpose: Any Lawful purpose. 6LegalFeb.14

County. SSNY is Designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to principal office of the LLC which is 5 Monroe Ave, Oneonta, NY 13820. Purpose: any lawful activity. 6LegalFeb.14

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Notice of the Formation of a Limited Liability Company (LLC) Name: Teach REAL, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State (NYSS) on June 4, 2018. Office for the LLC in in Otsego

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Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/19/18. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 9 Westridge Road, Cooperstown, NY 13326.

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Purpose: any lawful activity. 6LegalFeb.7 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of WESTRIDGE COTTAGE LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/19/18. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 9 Westridge Road, Cooperstown, NY 13326. Purpose: any lawful activity. 6LegalFeb.7 Legal nOtice Notice of formation of ONEONTA AIRPORT PROPERTIES, LLC.

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Articles of Organization were filed with the NY Secretary of State on December 11, 2018. The office of the LLC is to be located in Otsego County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon it to: The LLC. 602 Bullville Road, Montgomery, NY 12549. The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful act. 6LegalFeb.7 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of Melody Village Investors LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of

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State (SSNY) on 11/26/18. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Reg. Agents, 90 State St., Ste. 700, #40, Albany, NY 12207. Purpose: any lawful activities. 6LegalJan.31 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of Melody Village Manager LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 11/26/18. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Reg. Agents, 90 State St., Ste. 700, #40,

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Albany, NY 12207. Purpose: any lawful activities. 6LegalJan.31 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of Melody Village Owner LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 11/26/18. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Reg. Agents, 90 State St., Ste. 700, #40, Albany, NY 12207. Purpose: any lawful activities. 6LegalJan.31

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OBITUARIES

THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 2019

Donald A. Drake, 81, Roseboom; CV-S Principal, Board President ROSEBOOM – Donald (Don) A. Drake, 81, of Roseboom, retired Cherry Valley-Springfield Central High School principal and, later, school board president, passed away peacefully on Jan. 23, 2019, at the Center in Cooperstown with his beloved wife Susan (Sue) by his side. Don was born on March 2, 1937, in Cooperstown, the son of Clifford S. Drake

and Laura Laymon Drake. Don married Susan High on Aug. 13, 1960. They have three sons: John (Lisa), Thomas (Laurie) and Michael (Beth) and five grandchildren: Jason (Jessica), Adam, Emma, Miles and Elliot. Don was a graduate of Springfield Central School, Hamilton College (B.A. in Mathematics), and Colgate University (M.A. in Math-

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ematics Education). Don started teaching high school mathematics at Cherry Valley Central School in September 1959. He retired from Cherry Valley-Springfield Central School in June 1992. Working with the students was the joy of Don’s life. After retiring, Don continued to tutor students in math and he also served as a member and president of the CV-S Board of Education. Don then spent seven years working at Pathfinder Village as director of education. The opportunity to work with the students at Pathfinder proved to be a

fantastic experience for Don. Don was very involved with Grange through- Donald Drake out his life. He was a member of Pierstown Grange #793, Otsego County Pomona Grange, New York State Grange and National Grange. Don held many offices, including Pierstown Grange master; Otsego County Pomona Grange

master and treasurer; New York State Grange youth director, and Executive Committee member & Chairman. In addition, Don and Sue were named National Grange Young Couple of the Year in 1971. Don felt that Grange friendships and activities were some of his best memories. Don was president of the Glimmerglass Opera Guild and on the Board of Directors for many years. He and Sue enjoyed ushering, hosting opera staff and assisting with meal functions. Don was also active in the Roseboom Method-

ist Church, Otsego County Cornell Cooperative Extension and the Otsego County Fair Board. A funeral was held Sunday, Jan. 27, at the First Presbyterian Church, Cherry Valley. In lieu of flowers, the family would ask that donations be made to the Cherry Valley-Springfield Endowment Fund, Box 33, Cherry Valley, NY 13320 or to Pierstown Grange #793, Karen Dunlap, 303 County Highway 27, Richfield, NY 13439. Arrangements are with the Ottman Funeral Home, Cherry Valley.

Richard L. Kinney Sr., 83, Mount Vision; Printer Worked At County Highway Dept. MOUNT VISION – Richard Lavern Kinney Sr., 83, a Guardsman, printer and county highway department employee, passed away on Jan. 8, 2019, in Orlando, Fla., as a result of cardiac issues. He was born in Schuyler Lake, in the bedroom of his parent’s home in September 1938. Richard and Mary Helen Evans of Mount Vision married on July 14, 1956, and subsequently celebrated 63 years of marriage. His work history began in the National Guard, followed by the Otsego County Highway Department. His

main profession was as a journeyman printer for 35 years. Once retired, Richard worked for an additional seven years for the Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce. He also maintained his mother-in-law’s property in Mount Vision for more than 40 years. Richard was a member of the Bible Baptist Church in Mount Vision where he served as a Deacon. He loved deer hunting, race cars, gardening, canning and spending time with his animals and family. Richard lived out his final years in sunny Orlando,

Fla., where he had happily spent many of his younger years. Richard was a beloved son, husband, uncle, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and great-great grandfather. He is survived by his wife, Mary; four children, Susan, Teresa Margaret, Richard Jr., and Ted; two daughters-in-law; one sisterin-law; one son-in-law; nine nieces and nephews; 13 grandchildren; three greatgrandchildren; and two great-great grandchildren. Richard had an extremely fond relationship with his sister-in-law, Beth Himes. He and Beth spoke frequent-

ly and had an extraordinarily special bond with her. Preparations have been Richard made for Kinney a spring “Celebration of Life” in the Lena Cemetery in New Lisbon followed by a meal at Brooks Restaurant in Oneonta. Donations to the Old Stone Community Church in Schuyler Lake are being accepted in lieu of flowers.

William ‘Wes’ Ciampo, 92, Cooperstown; Battle of Bulge Vet Moved Here From N.J. COOPERSTOWN – William Wesley “Wes” Ciampo, 92, formerly of Ridgewood, N.J., a World War II veteran of the Battle of the Bulge and a retired real-estate title examiner, passed away Thursday night, Jan. 24, 2019, at Cooperstown Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing. He was born Feb. 8, 1926, in an ambulance en route to a hospital in Hackensack, N.J. After Wes was born, the ambulance turned around and returned to the family home in Lodi, N.J. His father, Salvatore Ciampo, was a native of Rapone, Italy, and his mother, Catherine Terhune Ciampo, was born in New Barbadoes Township (Hackensack). On May 4, 1944, Wes was inducted into the Army,

serving his country during World War II with Troop A of the 18th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, mechanized. A radio operator in the European Theater of Operations, he saw action in the Ardennes, Central Europe and Rhineland campaigns. He was with Patton’s Third Army that relieved Allied forces at the Battle of the Bulge where Wes’ brother, Everett, was fighting and was badly wounded. Upon receiving his Honorable Discharge from the military, Wes returned home and eventually received a two-year degree from Fairleigh Dickison Junior College. For many years, he worked as a real-estate title examiner for C&C Abstract

Company and Northeastern Title Services in Hackensack, NJ. He made his home in Ridgewood, William N.J. until Ciampo moving north to live with his son and family in Fly Creek. Wes is survived by his son and daughter-in-law, Wesley and Evette Ciampo of Fly Creek Valley; three grandchildren, Bryar-Lyn Ciampo (James Dix) of Schenevus, Jeremy T. Ciampo (Kirsten) of Shoreham, and Corey M. Ciampo (Amanda) of Ridgewood, N.J.; five great-grandchildren, Dustin Ciampo and Keaton Winsor, and Tatym,

Lakin and Brighton Ciampo; and two sisters, Mae Jackson of Passa Grille and Earla DeSanto, both St. Petersburg, FL. He was predeceased by his wife of 57 years, Edith Hladik Ciampo, on Dec. 30, 2006. Services will be private, and he will be laid to rest in Cedar Lawn Cemetery in Paterson, NJ. As an alternative to flowers, the Ciampo family respectfully requests that memorial donation be made to Catskill Area Hospice & Palliative Care, 297 River Street Service Road, Oneonta, NY 13820. Arrangements were entrusted to the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home.

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JORDANVILLE – Barbara Helen Manning passed away peacefully on Jan. 23, 2019, after a day of celebrating her 81st birthday with her loving family. Barbara was born on Jan. 23, 1938, in Lebanon, Conn., to Arnold and Lilly (Krause) Bender. She was raised in Lebanon and graduated from Lyman Memorial High School, where she was chosen for the All State Choir. On Aug. 31, 1958, she married Charles Albert Manning in Lebanon. They shared a loving and devoted marriage of 47 years until his passing on Oct. 12,

2005. In 1978, Barbara and Charles began a new chapter in their lives, when they purchased Renegade Farm in Jordanville. Barbara had a strong belief in God and led a devoted Lutheran Life. She was a member of the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Herkimer. She was dedicated to her family, home and community. She was active in the Richfield Springs Community Center and served on its Board of Directors. Surviving are her children, Jacqueline Hinckley of Richfield Springs; Jeffrey

Manning and his wife, Cynthia, of Whitesboro; Gerald Manning and his wife, Amy of Jordanville; Gary Manning and his wife, Susan; Glenn Manning and his wife, Erlene, all of Herkimer; Joanne Belcourt and her husband, Richard of Cramerton, N.C., 11 grandchildren, 11 greatgrandchildren; three sisters, Dorothy Stevens; Marion Russo and her husband, Roland; Linda Russo and her husband, Robert, all of Lebanon, along with many nieces, nephews, cousins, and in-laws. Besides her parents and husband Charles, she was

preceded in death by a sister Elizabeth Howard and a son-inBarbara law John Manning Hinckley. A funeral was held Sunday, Jan. 27 at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Herkime. Burial was in the New Lebanon Cemetery, Lebanon, Conn. Arrangements were entrusted to the Fenner Funeral Home.